Lot 246. A Chinese Blue and White Huqqa Base Made for the Persian Market, Kangxi, 1662-1722; 23cm. height. Estimate 5,000-7,000 GBP. Lot 246 Sold: 6,250 GBP. Photo Sotheby's 2011

pyriform with bulbous base with tapering shoulders terminating in a ringed mouth, the body moulded and decorated in underglaze cobalt blue with imbricated lobed registers enclosing potted flowering plants, the neck with an arcade of flowers and diamond trellis motif, base with floral bouquet

Note: See Yolande Crowe 2002 for details on the trade of Chinese blue and white porcelain with Persia.

Sotheby's. Arts of the Islamic World. London 5 october 2011